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CURVED PIECING
Curved Piecing
Curved seams add soness and motion to your quilt blocks, opening up a wide array of design pos-
sibilities. A classic quilt block that includes curved piecing is this Drunkard’s Path block. To make
this block and similar blocks, you need to master curved piecing. Like other piecing techniques that
involve bias edges, careful pinning is the key.
Sew the curved seam carefully.
With the concave piece on top, sew the seam slowly, being
careful not to create puckers. Remove the pins right before
you sew over them. Do not pull on the pieces as you sew,
because they may stretch. The finished seam should not
have any puckers.
Press the curved seam.
Press the curved seam, pressing toward the convex
shape. Press using an up-and-down motion to avoid
stretching the curved seam.
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Pin the two curved pieces together.
After cutting the pieces as directed by your pattern, fold
both shapes in half to find the centers. Place the convex
piece on top of the concave piece, right sides together.
Pin the centers, pin each end of the seam, and then pin at
several pieces in between.
Convex
piece
Concave
piece
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